title: Detection of meningioma metastasis to liver and lung using somatostatin receptor scintigraphy.
abstract: Extracranial meningioma metastasis is rare. We report a case of a 74-year-old Caucasian man with intracranial recurrence of atypical meningioma treated with a combination of surgical resection and gamma knife radiotherapy over a 4-year period. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy using (111)In pentreotide for surveillance of tumor recurrence showed multiple pulmonary and hepatic metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. MLanfranchi@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi
authors.forename: Nayer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikpoor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin